Parking
Use Carisbrook Falls Carpark / Visitor Area just off Great Ocean Road (B100). The turnoff is easy to miss. No food or drinking-water service is identified at the stop; bring your own water.
Overview
About Carisbrook Falls Walk
Why go
- Quick waterfall stop from Great Ocean Road
- Creek and gorge views on the climb
Heads up
- Steep uphill path; falls remain across the gorge
Map & elevation
The route
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Full mapElevation7–34 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Best time to go
Safety
7 active Great Ocean Road alerts
- ClosureLorne-area walking trails closed after flood and storm damageSeveral walking trails near Lorne remain closed; do not enter closed tracks. - Phantom Falls Walk is temporarily closed because flood and storm damage affected the trail and structures.Official details
- ClosureWye Road closed after storm and flood damageWye Road is closed until further notice for road maintenance and repairs following storm and flood damage; do not use the road. Check current Great Otway National Park conditions before travelling.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Great Ocean Road Tour Guide
Your drive to Carisbrook Falls Walk, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Great Ocean Road. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
See the Great Ocean Road audio tourRecorded for this trailhead
Carisbrook Falls Lookout0:00 / 0:25
“You're nearing the turnoff for Carisbrook Falls, where a short, steep walk leads to a lookout across a wooded gorge.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Great Ocean Road Tour Guide.
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Trail guide
Hiking Carisbrook Falls Walk
A short uphill out-and-backCarisbrook Falls Walk climbs from the Carisbrook Falls Carpark beside Great Ocean Road to a…
Carisbrook Falls Walk climbs from the Carisbrook Falls Carpark beside Great Ocean Road to a lookout on the eastern side of the gorge. The mapped track is about 220 m each way, or 0.45 km (0.28 mi) return; published totals vary from about 0.6 to 1.5 km. The route line follows the connected mapped tread, so treat the longer figures as unresolved distance estimates. Allow about 20 minutes. It is a quick roadside stop for a steep little climb and a waterfall view, not a walk down to the water.
The climb and the viewThe ground path rises along the gorge slope, with views over Carisbrook Creek on the way up.
The ground path rises along the gorge slope, with views over Carisbrook Creek on the way up. From the lookout the cascades sit across a steep, densely vegetated ravine, and some lower tiers are screened by the trees. The viewpoint gives you the falls from a distance. For a photo, keep some of the gorge wall and vegetation in the frame so the gap between the lookout and falls is clear. Stay on the formed path and lookout; informal lines down the slope are not part of this walk.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Great Ocean Road
900 sightingsKoalaMost seen around 5 PMSighting map
358 sightingsKangarooMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
49 sightingsLittle PenguinMost seen around 8 PMSighting map
155 sightingsEchidnaMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
33 sightingsFur SealMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
59 sightingsRed-necked WallabyMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Great Ocean Road. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
